Were You Ever Confused After Spending Time On Trip Advisor?
You are not alone. The Point is you need to find a travel advisor who knows you and has the same standards you do. Have you ever thought about the fact that if you saw all the people who write into Trip Advisor in one room, you probably wouldn’t give the the time of day. why give them your vacation? Your time away is priceless. Find a professional Virtuoso Travel Advisor you can trust and who will take the time to get to know you. Your own personal shopper.
Live Well Travel More and don’t just trust anyone.
What Is The Difference Between American Express & Virtuoso?
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel and we’ve been in business since 1983. I have something I’d like to share with you today.
Seven years ago, I was in an American Express rep firm and as you know, I’ve been in the business a really long time and I just thought it was the best! Well, that was until I met a Virtuoso travel agent on one of my trips and I saw at every product call, all the premier hotels were coming in to pick up her and have lunch with the general manager and as it turns out when we were in Saint-Bard, my husband looked at me and he goes, “Jacque, whatever money per year, what does American Express doing for you?” And I couldn’t find an answer! Because especially luxury travel, Virtuoso is the preferred partner with all the hotels, the cruise lines, our onsite—we have over 85 airline contracts. We are one stop shopping, so why don’t you give our agency a call and find out what we can do for you. At Salentine Travel, we’d like to invite you to live well and travel more and give us a try!
What Are The Most Important Reasons Why You Should Use A Professional Travel Agent?
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel and we’ve been in business since 1983 and today’s environment, it’s never been more important to invest time with your family, your loved ones and even yourself. Travel is so precious, you just can’t invest that with anyone. You need a travel adviser that really knows you and takes the time and has traveled and knows the world with global relationships. Our agents are well traveled and you know what? We’re passionate—we’re passionate about you. We’re here to help you and you are important to us.
So at Salentine Travel, we would like to invite you to live well and travel more and give us a call and see what that passion is all about.
What Are Some Real Life Travel Examples Of Why I Should Use A Travel Agent?
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel. Salentine Travel has been in business since 1983 and we’ve got some very funny stories to share with you.
Now for half of you, it may not be so funny, so I’d like to share with you a couple of these at this time. So you’d Googled Mexico vacation and 18 million searches come up. Maybe you could call a good travel agent to help you decipher through all of that myriad of the information.
Remember, when you use that obscure website to book that hotel and you spent your beach vacation overlooking a parking lot. Have you ever found that what you saw online wasn’t really true to life? I think we’ve all experienced that and through our own travel and the giant network we have with all of our reps, we can help bring some of that risk down for you because we understand that your vacation is so important. It’s the most important week or weeks of your life.
Have you ever really meant to spend your honeymoon in a tiny pool with wild screaming children? We all know how that’s like to. No one explained to you that in July, it’s winter in Rio and you brought your five Hawaiian tops and matching pedal pushers. That didn’t really work out either and you had to go shopping. These things happen!
Another thing that happens is missed billing and I don’t think you really want to contact the Attorney General. Sometimes, you’re billed once, sometimes you’re billed three or four times. Well who do you complain to? When no one really cares and there’s no phone number on that website? So I’d like to remind you to book with a travel agent especially Salentine Travel, we have been in business a long time and we know what we’re doing and we would like to invite you to live well and travel more.
What Awards & Recognition Has Your Travel Agent Received?
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel. Salentine Travel has been in business since 1983 and you may ask yourself, what special services does the travel agent provide? What can they do for me?
Well, number one—for our clients, we have automated profiles, so you give your information to us once and you never have to enter it again. Our eight agents in the office—hundreds of hundreds of that go to get that holiday experience, we’ve been all over the world, we are very customer service friendly and so we get to know you, we get to know your traveling needs and we have your profile preferences in our computer so that you never have to give us that information again.
We do that for personal clients as well as our corporate clients and Salentine Travel is a member of a travel consortium called Virtuoso, so we have all kinds of special offers and member benefits that you can receive while not paying any kind of an additional service fee. At Salentine Travel, we pay those fees for you and you can just reap the rewards of all the value-added services. For instance, when you go to a hotel, you can get an upgrade either at the time of booking or at the time of check in. You’ll receive a great breakfast at the hotels that we partner with and we have 900 hotels worldwide—all luxury hotels and so there are so many benefits that you can receive working with a travel agent especially a Virtuoso travel agent.
So we would like to remind you to live well and travel more and give us a call.
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel. Salentine Travel has been in business since 1983 and you may ask yourself, what special services does the travel agent provide? What can they do for me?
Well, number one—for our clients, we have automated profiles, so you give your information to us once and you never have to enter it again. Our eight agents in the office—hundreds of hundreds of that go to get that holiday experience, we’ve been all over the world, we are very customer service friendly and so we get to know you, we get to know your traveling needs and we have your profile preferences in our computer so that you never have to give us that information again.
We do that for personal clients as well as our corporate clients and Salentine Travel is a member of a travel consortium called Virtuoso, so we have all kinds of special offers and member benefits that you can receive while not paying any kind of an additional service fee. At Salentine Travel, we pay those fees for you and you can just reap the rewards of all the value-added services. For instance, when you go to a hotel, you can get an upgrade either at the time of booking or at the time of check in. You’ll receive a great breakfast at the hotels that we partner with and we have 900 hotels worldwide—all luxury hotels and so there are so many benefits that you can receive working with a travel agent especially a Virtuoso travel agent.
So we would like to remind you to live well and travel more and give us a call.
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel and we’ve been in business since 1983 and one question you may ask yourself is how do I know if my travel agent is well trained?
Well, I can only speak for Salentine Travel and about seven years ago, we joined a network called Virtuoso which is a luxury travel consortia and prior to that, we were an American Express rep company and since we’ve been a member of Virtuoso, the training programs that they provide for our travel agents are second to none. They are unbelievable.
For instance, we’ll do safaris one day, we’ll do Australia the next day, so they are doing two or three webinars a week and because we’re located in Milwaukee and so well known, so almost any vendor that comes to Milwaukee comes into my office and we see three to four or sometimes five reps a week, they all want to come to our office and they do private trainings for my agents and my agents just love it and that way, they get to build those special relationships so when you need that extra special daylight, can they get adjoining rooms or I really want to have this specific room category or room for my honeymoon or the special, special trip. We’ve got those relationships and we also have a directory of all the general managers with the hotels.
So getting all of these additional training and building those relationships, we’ve got it all—all related to one stop shopping at Salentine Travel, I’d like to invite you to live well, travel more and enjoy life.
Do Travel Agents Still Exist Any More and Why Use a Good Travel Agent?
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I own Salentine Travel and we have been in business since 1983 and it always kind of surprises me when people say, “Do travel agents even exist anymore?” Well, the good news is that travel agents do exist, we are here to stay. The good ones have survived and things are even better. 2010 is really great for us!
So another question people have is, “With the advent of the internet, who uses a travel agent anyway?” Well, let me share some statistics with you. Eighty seven percent of all cruises are booked with a travel agent, 81% of all tours and packages are booked with a travel agent. You may be surprised to find out that over half of the airline tickets are still booked through the travel agent and yes, hotel stays—nearly half of those, 50% are still booked with a travel agent, so at Salentine Travel, we would like to invite you to live well and travel more! 1-800-962-8747
Hi, my name is Jacque Salentine-Busby and I’m the owner of Salentine Travel. Salentine Travel has been in business since 1983 and one of the most commonly asked questions we get that we still get today is how do travel agents make their money and especially because they know that the airlines don’t pay commission anymore, boy those were the days, so how do we make our money?
They always think that they take extra for using a travel agent and that is not necessarily true. Now when someone books a cruise and we book 87% of all cruises, you don’t pay an extra fee at all, so you have like a personal shopper and there’s no service fee, so the only time you would pay a service fee is when you just book an airline ticket and we’ve got our own online booking engine so if you’re a corporate account, that fee is only $9.00 and if you’re an individual traveler, getting the full customer service from one of our agents, that fee is $30.00.
So the way travel agents make their money is the cruise lines, the hotels, car rental companies—they pay us a commission based on our service. One time, recently a friend said to me, “Well, Jacque, you know I’m really busy and I just want to get this done and I’m happy to pay the commission.” Wrong! You don’t pay our commission. Our commission is paid by our vendors and I wanted to share that information with you so you really understand because it can be confusing, so don’t be afraid to call a travel agent and at Salentine Travel, we would like to invite you to live well and travel more and give us a call! 1-800-962-8747
Here are some travel tips that we think would help you travel well with your children:
Be sure to pre-order those yummy, child-friendly meals
Bring something new that your child has not played with yet and surprise them.
Always bring a walkie talkie to keep in communication with your younger kids.
Don’t pack too much, that will only add to the burden.
Don’t underestimate the power of your child’s favorite book!
Bring a portable DVD player with lots of batteries.
Travel activity kits! Go to: www.kidstravelhappy.com
Create a travel journal, it make a wonderful keepsake.
Bring some simple open-ended materials for sculpting and play like pipe cleaners.
But most of all have FUN! Travel is a great way to connect as a family, enrich your children’s lives, foster a lifelong love of travel and make memories that last a lifetime! Next is a testimonial from a favorite client who has been taking her family to Iberostar Resorts for years and traveling with Salentine Travel for even longer:)
Hi Jamie,
We were thrilled with your recommendation of the Iberostar Grand Rose Hall Hotel. It was conveniently located near the Montego Bay airport, and had a spectacular beach location and view. The rooms were magnificent, with lots of marble, huge bathrooms, and unbelievable lanais! And, each floor had butler service and a very accommodating concierge service. It really was the nicest hotel I’ve stayed at, including Ritz Carltons. The food was excellent, with both an elegant buffet, as well as several very nice specialty restaurants. We tried them all and loved each one! The other amenities were terrific also, from the Vegas-quality shows, to the lovely pool/beach area, and especially the premier class spa. I just cannot say enough about how wonderful this hotel was! And, we were delighted to learn that our package included two rounds of golf at a picturesque nearby course, so my husband and two sons really enjoyed that too. Please make sure you recommend this package to other clients, as I know they will provide positive feedback, and will be as happy with Salentine Travel and Funjet as we are!
Celeste from Mequon
What is your best tip for traveling with kids?? What has been your favorite family vacation so far?
